Roger Goodell Takes His Paycut Like A Man By Blaming The Players Union In An Email To Fans

Over the weekend, you reached a milestone in your career that you probably didn’t know you had reached. Your annual salary has now surpassed NFL commissioner Roger Goddell’s annual salary. Congrats.

Now how exactly did we come to the day when you would make over $10 million annually? Well, we haven’t. But we have come to the day when Roger Goodell was forced to pay up on the promise that if there was a lockout in the NFl, he would take an annual salary of $1.

So now that Goodell takes home an annual salary that can’t buy chips and a drink from a vending machine, it’s now time for him to get to work. First order of business? Sending NFL fans an email blaming the players’ union for the current lockout.

Dear NFL Fan,

When I wrote to you last on behalf of the NFL, we promised you that we would work tirelessly to find a collectively bargained solution to our differences with the players’ union. Subsequent to that letter to you, we agreed that the fastest way to a fair agreement was for everyone to work together through a mediation process. For the last three weeks I have personally attended every session of mediation, which is a process our clubs sincerely believe in.

Unfortunately, I have to tell you that earlier today the players’ union walked away from mediation and collective bargaining and has initiated litigation against the clubs. In an effort to get a fair agreement now, our clubs offered a deal today that was, among other things, designed to have no adverse financial impact on veteran players in the early years, and would have met the players’ financial demands in the latter years of the agreement.

The proposal we made included an offer to narrow the player compensation gap that existed in the negotiations by splitting the difference; guarantee a reallocation of savings from first-round rookies to veterans and retirees without negatively affecting compensation for rounds 2-7; no compensation reduction for veterans; implement new year-round health and safety rules; retain the current 16-4 season format for at least two years with any subsequent changes subject to the approval of the league and union; and establish a new legacy fund for retired players ($82 million contributed by the owners over the next two years).

It was a deal that offered compromise, and would have ensured the well-being of our players and guaranteed the long-term future for the fans of the great game we all love so much. It was a deal where everyone would prosper.

We remain committed to collective bargaining and the federal mediation process until an agreement is reached, and call on the union to return to negotiations immediately. NFL players, clubs, and fans want an agreement. The only place it can be reached is at the bargaining table.

While we are disappointed with the union’s actions, we remain steadfastly committed to reaching an agreement that serves the best interest of NFL players, clubs and fans, and thank you for your continued support of our League. First and foremost it is your passion for the game that drives us all, and we will not lose sight of this as we continue to work for a deal that works for everyone.

Yours,Roger Goodell

I guess it is now obvious why the NFL is in the situation they are in.

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Rodger Goodell is the worst Commish in NFL History. He is inconsistent in his levying of punishment. He screws with the NFL draft and makes it a sham to real draft niks. He screws with the integrity of the game in pushing for an 18 game schedule that would place asterisks in front of any new records. He is just plain bad news